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Implementation of the first-order form of the three-dimensional discrete ordinates equations on a T3D

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:411630
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  2. Cray Research, Inc., NM (United States)

In Ref. 1 we described the use of the diagonal plane sweeping algorithm to solve the first-order form of the neutral particle transport equation on a massively parallel single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) machine (i.e., a Thinking Machines Corporation CM-200). By using the diagonal plane sweeping algorithm, we were able to successfully parallelize the direct inversion of the transport operator. The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation and performance of the diagonal plane sweeping algorithm on the CRI T3D recently acquired here at Los Alamos National Laboratory and to show how, by taking advantage of the T3D`s single-program, multiple-data (SPMD) architecture, we are able to improve the algorithm`s parallelization.

OSTI ID:
411630
Report Number(s):
CONF-951006--
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 73; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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